novelraw Chapter 980: Possible Means Of Gaining Eight Emotions Energy
Chapter 980: Possible Means Of Gaining Eight Emotions Energy
Jiangshi bodies had been heavily altered. Curse energy ran through them like veins. Their structure had changed fundamentally. Taking over one required forcing his soul through layers of modifications.
Even then it only delayed him by about a minute.
Still, Han Yu became curious.
So he created new test subjects.
Special Jiangshi.
No curse cores.
No modifications.
Only preserved bodies.
The results changed instantly.
Entry became smooth.
Control became natural.
Han Yu stood inside one of those bodies and laughed.
"So that was the issue."
That discovery opened another avenue.
He could create empty vessels.
Custom bodies.
Perfect infiltration shells.
Han Yu wrote several pages just on that topic.
His plans quietly expanded.
The next stage involved damage testing.
This part worried him.
Soul Projection sounded incredible.
Which usually meant hidden dangers existed.
Han Yu began testing pain.
Injury.
Physical destruction.
He occupied bodies and deliberately damaged them.
Cuts.
Broken bones.
Burns.
Poison.
Everything.
He felt pain.
Real pain.
But after exiting... Nothing remained.
No damage transferred.
No wounds appeared.
No soul instability emerged.
His true soul remained untouched.
Han Yu tested repeatedly before finally relaxing.
Then came concealment.
This became his favorite experiment.
Han Yu used every array he could find.
Soul observation arrays.
Ghost detection formations.
Spirit tracing methods.
Even special curse peak tools designed specifically for observing spirits.
Nothing worked.
Nothing.
His soul passed through them like air.
Han Yu stood inside formation arrays while outside his body and watched the indicators remain silent.
He grinned every time.
Normal souls triggered them.
His did not.
The conclusion became obvious.
His transformed True Soul existed on a completely different level.
The Soul Refinement Realm had elevated him beyond conventional soul systems.
Then Han Yu grew bolder.
He started testing people.
At first outer disciples.
Then elders.
Eventually...
His master.
Second Kidney Peak Head was cultivating peacefully that day.
Han Yu projected his soul and floated beside him.
The old man remained completely unaware.
Han Yu circled him twice.
Nothing.
He waved.
Nothing.
Finally...
He poked him.
The Peak Head frowned.
Han Yu poked again.
The old man scratched his neck.
Han Yu nearly laughed.
He poked the old man’s side.
The Peak Head suddenly twitched.
"What?"
His spirit sense spread instantly.
Han Yu floated right in front of him.
Nothing happened.
The old man scanned repeatedly.
Han Yu poked him again.
Second Kidney Peak Head stood up.
"Who?"
Silence.
Han Yu almost lost control laughing.
For ten minutes he continued tormenting the old man.
Tickling.
Poking.
Pulling his sleeves.
The Peak Head became increasingly irritated.
By the end he had inspected the entire area five times and found absolutely nothing.
Han Yu finally retreated.
That experiment gave him the greatest assurance yet.
Even Dao Treading cultivators could not sense him.
That changed everything.
But six months of nonstop testing came with a cost.
Soul Qi.
The consumption had become terrifying.
Han Yu sat inside his Soul Space and looked at the Soul Sea.
It remained massive.
Still impressive.
Still larger than before.
Yet he could see the decline.
The reserves from the Eternal Smiling Ancestor were finally shrinking.
He still gathered Eight Emotions energy constantly.
The sect itself fed him endlessly.
Disciples talked.
Jiangshi sold.
Rumors spread.
His name carried influence.
All of it generated emotional energy.
But...
It was no longer enough.
The testing consumed more.
Han Yu floated inside his Soul Sea and frowned.
"This won’t work."
The Eight Emotions Lotus swayed nearby.
It seemed healthy.
Happy even.
But Han Yu knew the truth.
He needed another influx.
A large one.
He exited meditation and looked outside.
Night covered the peak.
Far away, lights flickered across the sect.
Thousands.
Tens of thousands of disciples.
Millions of emotions.
Han Yu leaned back.
A slow smile appeared.
"Well..."
He stretched.
"I suppose it is time again."
He had been quiet too long.
The sect had become peaceful.
Comfortable.
Stable.
Han Yu disliked stable.
Stable generated fewer emotions.
Stable produced less chaos.
Less gossip.
Less surprise.
Less joy.
Less anger.
Less fear.
Less everything.
His eyes narrowed.
Ideas immediately started appearing.
He considered new Jiangshi.
Rejected it.
Too much work.
He considered products.
Possible.
Then his eyes slowly widened.
He remembered something.
The Mirror.
Daoist Swamp Leech’s strange appraisal mirror.
Han Yu still remembered how everyone laughed.
The mirror had personality.
Flattery.
Charm.
Entertainment.
A strange expression appeared on Han Yu’s face.
"Wait..."
He stood.
"What if..."
Half an hour later Meng Jueyan arrived after receiving a summons.
She entered the laboratory and immediately noticed Han Yu smiling.
That already worried her.
Whenever he smiled like that...
Something happened.
"What is it?" she asked carefully.
Han Yu turned.
"Meng Jueyan."
"Yes?"
"What would happen if every disciple in the sect could own a talking spirit tool?"
She blinked.
"...What?"
Han Yu smiled wider.
"One that praises them."
Meng Jueyan stared.
"One that gossips."
Her expression changed.
"One that tells fortunes."
She slowly stepped back.
"One that argues."
"Senior Brother..." she began cautiously.
"One that creates emotional dependency."
"Senior Brother please stop smiling."
Han Yu stood up.
His eyes glowed.
"I think I just found my next project."
Meng Jueyan felt danger.
Great danger.
The kind of danger that usually ended with entire peaks becoming obsessed with strange products.
She silently prayed.
Please let it not become another Special Skin Cream incident.
Han Yu meanwhile was already thinking.
Soul linked spirit tools.
Emotional harvesting.
Mass emotional generation.
Sect wide influence.
Of course this was just one of the plans he had prepared. He also reckoned he could cause a lot of chaos in his Soul Form itself. The only reason he was hesitating was because staying in the Soul Form consumed Soul qi.
If it didn’t match the gains it would be a loss. And Han Yu didn’t want to merely match the consumption of Soul Qi, he wanted to exceed it.
His mind moved rapidly.
And somewhere inside his Soul Space...
The Eight Emotions Lotus trembled excitedly.
As if it already knew.
Chaos was coming again.